- Modeling of aerosol-cloud-climate interactions on a global scale
- Modeling and parameterization of cloud microphysical processes
- Thermodynamic modeling of tropospheric aerosols
- Instrumentation and techniques for characterizing organic-water interactions, hygroscopicitiy and CCN activity of aerosols
- Laboratory and field studies on CCN activity and aerosol-cloud interactions
- New particle formation and its impact on CCN concentrations
- Effect of pollution on marine ecosystem productivity and carbon cycle
- Impact of marine ecosystem productivity on clouds
- Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology
- M.S., Atmospheric Chemistry, University of Miami
- B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens
Atmospheric Sciences Section Ascent Award, American Geophysical Union, 2012
Outstanding Faculty Research Author, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
Kenneth Whitby Award, American Association for Aerosol Research, 2011
Georgia Power Faculty Scholar, 2011
Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society, 2009
Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, Georgia Tech, 2007
Friedlander Award, American Association of Aerosol Research, 2005
Georgia Tech, College of Science, Blanchard-Milliken Junior Faculty Fellow, 2004
CAREER AWARD, National Science Foundation, 2004
New Investigator Award, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2004
Dean's Prize, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, 1998
University of Miami Fellowship, 1996-1997
Best Diploma Thesis Award in Chemical Engineering, Chamber of Engineers (Greece), 1996